Evening Belted Kingfishers and Green Heron
Published August 01, 2012
Tags: Parks and Preserves, Belted Kingfisher, Double-crested Cormorant, Green Heron, Wood Duck
Tonight I went up to Sinking Ponds on a whim - just to see what I could see. It's funny how you just never know...
I was quite excited to see not one, not two, but at east FOUR Belted Kingfishers flying around the pond diving for food and performing antics. I suspect the pair I saw earlier in the season successfully bred and fledged at least two young. There was only one female in the group and I never got a nice photo of her - but I did get some of "the boys" that I'm posting.
Another treat was watching a Green Heron slowly edge out of some cattails along the pond to my right. It took only a short while before it caught a nice sized fish. It took longer for it to swallow it than it did to hunt and catch it!
Far across the pond, I also saw another Double-crested Cormorant. This time, it was a juvenile. He/she never came very close, so all I got was a rather poor photo of the teenager.
A family of Wood Ducks was enjoying an evening swim and I got only some poor photos of them as the light was waning by the time they appeared.
 Male Belted Kingfisher |  Male Belted Kingfisher |
 Male Belted Kingfisher |  Male Belted Kingfisher |
 Double-crested Cormorant |  Green Heron and fishy dinner |
 OK, so now what? |  He finally got it down after much effort! |
 A full belly and an evening perch to oversee the pond |  Male Wood Duck |